The Role of Craft Specialization in the Evolution of Prehistoric Societies in the American Southwest

The Role of Craft Specialization in the Evolution of Prehistoric Societies in the American Southwest

April 21, 2022

Pueblo Indian pottery: (left) Acoma water jar, c. 1890, (center) Santa Clara vase, c. 1880, (right) San...

Macaroni and Sexuality in 18th-Century

Macaroni and Sexuality in 18th-Century

July 15, 2023

The Macaroni. A Real Character at the Late Masquerade (1773), mezzotint by Philip Dawe / Lewis Walpole...

The Story of Anna May Wong, Internationally Acclaimed Actress

February 25, 2017

Anna May Wong was the first Chinese-American movie star and the first Asian-American actress to gain international...

An Early Attempt to Build an African-American Museum in 1907

February 25, 2017

By Dr. Eric S. Hintz / 09.15.2016 Historian and Fellowship Coordinator Lemelson Center for the Study of...

Colonial America, 1607-1763: A Story of Discontent Full-Circle

February 20, 2022

John Smith’s “A Map of Virginia: With a Description of the Countrey, the Commodities, People, Government and...

Funerary Portraiture Helps Scholars Reconstruct the Social History of Ancient Palmyra

February 25, 2017

Rubina Raja (center) at the Getty Villa with Frances Terpak (left) and Peter Bonfitto (right) of the...

The Archaeology of Middle Minoan Crete

The Archaeology of Middle Minoan Crete

February 25, 2017

Minoan royal tomb at ancient Fourni / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Jeremy B. Rutter Professor Emeritus of...

The Great Depression: The Black Tuesday Gathering Storm

February 24, 2017

“Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California.” Dorothea Lange, Farm Security...

In the Shadow of the Bum Courts

In the Shadow of the Bum Courts

February 24, 2017

Public shaming illustration / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Jonathan Healey / 04.12.2016 Associate Professor in Social History...

Decades into Diabetes, Insulin Therapy is Still Hard to Manage

June 6, 2023

Insulin syringes / Shutterstock By Dr. Israel Hodish, MD, PhD / 02.22.2017 Professor of Endocrinology and Internal...

The Paintings of Ostia: An Ancient Showroom and Preservation

January 25, 2021

Notes on the Preservation The 19th century We hear about Ostian paintings for the first time in...

A Tour of Ancient Antioch of Pisidia

A Tour of Ancient Antioch of Pisidia

February 24, 2017

Ruins of the Church of St. Paul in Pisidian Antioch / Wikimedia Commons 02.22.2017 Introduction Antioch of...

The Early River Thames: The Iron Age and Before

March 9, 2023

The River Thames / Wikimedia Commons By Jon Cotton / 10.10.2016 Senior Curator in Pre-History Museum of...

Archaeology of Middle Helladic Greece

Archaeology of Middle Helladic Greece

February 24, 2017

Cemetery of Vranas. Burial mound. Middle Helladic Period. 2000-1600 BC. / Archaeological Museum of Marathon. Greece. By...

The Life and Legacy of Muhammad Ali

February 23, 2017

A young Muhammad Ali / Creative Commons Edited by Dr. Andrew R.M. Smith / Jan.-Feb. 2017 Assistant...

The Survival of Shamanism in Post-Soviet Siberia

February 23, 2017

Buryat shaman Tash Ool Buuevich Kunga consecrating an ovoo. / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Olle Sundström /...

The Devil and George Lukins: A 1778 Exorcism in Bristol

November 14, 2024

The Impostures Last Shift, illustration of the exorcism of Lukins being carried out by the seven clergymen...

The Collapse of the Middle Ages

The Collapse of the Middle Ages

February 23, 2017

Edinburgh Castle / Photo by Craig Cormack, Wikimedia Commons By Dr. William A. Pelz Professor of History...

The Traveling Corpses of the Medieval Prince-Bishops of Würzburg

November 26, 2022

Body Syrian bishop’s during his funeral. The corpse is seated in church, between 1940 and 1946. /...

A Medieval Pharmaceutical Bestseller: The ‘Circa instans’

August 29, 2024

Circa instans MS. 626, folios 207v–208r. / Wellcome Library By Dr. Iolanda Ventura / 02.10.2017 Senior Lecturer...

Love in Action: The Life, Work, and Death of Sister Maura Clarke

September 8, 2024

Sister Maura Clarke, 1959-1980 / Wikimedia Commons By Anna Brown / 02.03.2017 Eileen Markey’s stunningly beautiful book,...

Migration and Political Redefinition of the Celtic Galatians in the Eastern Mediterranean

February 23, 2017

Celtic ruins in Anatolia (modern Turkey) / Wikimedia Commons By Qizhen Xie (left) / Spring 2016...

The Function of Mythology in Ancient Greek Society

September 26, 2020

This scene, known from other representations in Greek art, depicts the heroes Achilles and Ajax playing a...

Goddesses in Celtic Religion: Goddesses of Intoxication

August 14, 2025

An Irish pound banknote featuring and illustration of Queen Medb / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Noémie Beck...

Solar System with Seven Planets, Three Earth-Like: Here’s What They Could be Like

September 18, 2025

Artist’s impression of what the view might be like from the surface of the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1f. NASA/JPL-Caltech...

The Face of Rural America and Its Indispensable Contributions

February 22, 2017

The view from Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. Cropped from nicholas_t/flickr By Dr. Kenneth M. Johnson / 02.20.2017 Professor...

Bing Crosby’s ‘Old West’ and Countryside Art

July 16, 2024

Bing Crosby / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Monica Bowen / 08.27.2014 Professor of Art History Seattle University...

Hitler’s Place in History: Abnegation of Humanity

October 1, 2024

By Dr. Ian Kershaw / 04.27.2005 Professor of Modern History The University of Sheffield From Open University...

Are We a Culture of Addicts?

Are We a Culture of Addicts?

December 28, 2023

By Leslie Garrett / 02.22.2017 Is Addiction the Result of Nature or Nurture? If there’s one constant...

World War I and Its Aftermath WWI01

World War I and Its Aftermath

February 22, 2017

Striking steel mill workers holding bulletins, Chicago, Illinois, September 22, 1919. ExplorePAhistory.com By Dr. Paula Fortier /...